Digitization of land records represents a unique way to test for credit supply effects of improved land administration information over time. The authors exploit variation in the timing of the shift from manual to digital operation of Andhra Pradesh's... Подробнее +Digitization of land records represents a unique way to test for credit supply effects of improved land administration information over time. The authors exploit variation in the timing of the shift from manual to digital operation of Andhra Pradesh's 387 sub registry offices during the state-wide rollout of this intervention from 1999 to 2005. Data on credit disbursement and registered mortgages for the 1995-2007 period point to significant, though quantitatively modest, increases in credit access in urban areas. Institutional factors allow the authors to explain these results.
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